The origin of the word sugar comes from the Sanscrito term sarkara. Of it was born all the versions of the word in the languages going- Europeans: to sukkar in Arab, saccharum in Latin, zucchero in Italian, to seker in Turk, to zucker in German, to sugar in English.


The probable origin of sugar cane dates back to 6.000 AC, next to India regions. However, during the antiquity, sugar did not only pass as exotic spice, but as well as remedy. The sweetened food preparation was done with honey from bees.


Sugar arrived in Europe, in middle of eleventh century and important producing regions had appeared in the following centuries, especially in the Extreme East.


The interest for the spice was increasing after fifteenth century, when new drinks as the sweetened coffee, tea and the chocolate with sugar, had conquered the European palate. In 1493, Christopher Columbus initiated the culture of sugar from cane in the Antilles and from there, the history of sugar in the world gained new dimensions.